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(Flash CS3) Masking using ‘donut’ shapes within movie clips or with AS3 - it’s possible, and not too bad either

By: Jen deHaan on: Sep 4,2008 In: ActionScript 3.0, Flash CS3, animation, instances, masking, masks, symbols, workaround

You may have tried creating a shape that has a hole in it for a mask in Flash, and it may not have worked. Or maybe it did work and sometimes it didn’t, and you grew some extra gray hairs and threw your laptop at a wall. Or maybe you’re thinking “what the hell is […]

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Tags: ActionScript, animation, AS3, drawing, Flash, Flash CS3, graphics, instances, masking, masks, merge cut, movie clips, workaround

Set Transformation Point and Reset Transformation Point in Flash CS3

By: Jen deHaan on: Jul 29,2008 In: Flash CS3, General, Migration, animation, instances, symbols

When you right-click a symbol instance on the Stage in Flash, there are a couple new options that were added in CS3: “Set Transformation Point” and “Reset Transformation Point”. There’s not much out there about these features, as I understand they were added quietly late in the game. But they’re very useful nonetheless. The problem […]

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